Zionist Organization of America
News Release


67% Support Terrorism Against Israel
New Poll: 60% Pal. Arabs Reject Accepting Existence of Israel

New York, September 3, 2014: A recent poll has shown that a large majority
of Palestinian Arabs -- 60% -- reject permanently accepting Israel's
existence and instead suggest their leaders "work toward reclaiming all of
historic Palestine, from the river to the sea." The poll, conducted
throughout the Palestinian Authority (PA) territories, commissioned by the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy and conducted during June 15-17,
showed that 55% of Palestinian Arabs in Judea/Samaria and 68% in Gaza
rejected statehood alongside Israel, supporting instead Palestinian
statehood in place of Israel.

The poll also showed that two-thirds of Palestinian Arabs support continued
"resistance" [i.e., terrorism] against the Jewish state, while those who say
they support a two-state solution view such a move as "part of a 'program of
stages' to liberate all of historic Palestine later" (Michael Wilner,
'Majority of Palestinians now oppose two-state solution, new poll finds,'
Jerusalem Post, July 12, 2014).

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, "The idea constantly claimed by
U.S. administrations, other politicians, the Israeli left, pundits and the
media that Palestinian Arabs accept Israel and are willing to live in peace
is false and that error is exposed by this survey -- a survey which was,
incidentally, completed before the eruption of the recent Gaza war.

"While this report notes that "the Washington Institute characterized the
poll's results as a sudden, hardline shift within the Palestinian
community," numerous Palestinian polls indicate this Palestinian Arab
rejectionist, pro-terror view has been stable for years, as we note below:

September 2013: A large majority -- 62% -- of Palestinian Arabs justify the
use of suicide terrorism. In the words of the Pew Survey, "in some
countries, substantial minorities of Muslims say attacks on civilians are at
least sometimes justified to defend Islam from its enemies; in the
Palestinian territories, a majority of Muslims hold this view." Only 16% of
Palestinians said that suicide bombing is never justified ('Muslim Publics
Share Concerns about Extremist Groups,' Pew Research Survey, September 10,
2013).

July 2011: A staggering 73% agree with the hadith (Islamic tradition),
quoted in Hamas' Charter, about the need to kill Jews. Only 34% of
Palestinians accepts the idea of a peaceful Palestinian state living
alongside Israel as the solution to the Arab/Israeli war, as against 61% who
rejected the idea. 66% said that the Palestinians' real goal should be to
start with setting up a Palestinian state alongside Israel but then move
towards creating a single Palestinian-controlled state. 72% of Palestinians
support denying Jewish history and connection to the land of Israel. An
overwhelming 92% of Palestinian insist on Jerusalem being the Palestinian
capital, as against a mere 1% who believe it soul be the Israeli capital.
Only 3% of Palestinians believe that Jerusalem should be the capital of both
Israel and a Palestinian state, and 4% believe it should be a neutral
international city. 62% of Palestinians support a policy of kidnapping
Israeli soldiers and holding them hostage and 53% favor teaching songs about
hating Jews in Palestinian schools. 22% of Palestinians supported firing
rockets at Israeli cities and citizens (Gil Hoffman, '6 in 10 Palestinians
reject 2-state solution, survey finds,' Jerusalem Post, July 15, 2011).

An October 2010 Arab World for Research & Development opinion poll found
that an overwhelming 85% of Palestinians would oppose a peace settlement
with Israel if it entailed Palestinian compromise on key issues such the
legally baseless, so-called 'right of return' of Arab refugees and their
millions of descendants; Jerusalem; borders; and Jewish communities in Judea
& Samaria. In contrast, only 12% of Palestinians would accept such a peace
agreement.

October 2010: A Palestinian Center For Research And Cultural Dialogue (PCRD)
poll found that 59% of Palestinians in Judea and Samaria aged between 18 and
30 years favor Iran possessing nuclear weapons, as opposed to a mere 29% who
do not ('A poll Conducted By The Palestinian Center For Research And
Cultural Dialogue - PCRD,' September 30 - October 2, 2010).

October 2010: A Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research poll
conducted September 30 to October 2 found that 51% of Palestinians supported
the murderous August 31 terror attacks by Hamas which killed 4 Israeli
civilians near the Bani Nayim junction, with only 44% of Palestinians
opposed. Palestinians oppose talks with Israel by a majority of 66% to 30% -
68% oppose in Judea and Samaria and 62% in Gaza (Chana Ya'ar, 'Poll: Most PA
Arabs Back Recent Murder of Israeli Civilians,' Israel National News,
October 5, 2010).

July 2010: A Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) found that
Palestinians oppose by an overwhelming 82% to 14% the renunciation of the
so-called 'right of return,' the legally baseless demand that all
Palestinian refugees of the 1948-49 war and their millions of descendants
return to Israel. This opposition was expressed even if the price of
maintaining the 'right of return' was the non-conclusion of a peace
agreement with Israel. The poll also found that, by a nearly identical
margin of 82% to 13%, Palestinians oppose the Palestinian leadership waiving
the 'right of return' in exchange for financial compensation for refugees
and their descendants (41% in the West Bank versus 20% in Gaza) ('PCPO Poll
of Palestinians - 81.8 % won't drop right of return even if means deal
breaker and no state, Hamas more popular in West Bank than Gaza,'
Independent Media Review Analysis, July 12, 2010)

April 2010: More than two-thirds of Palestinians - 66.7% - reject the
creation of a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 armistice lines with
some land exchange as a final settlement of the Palestinian problem, whereas
only 28.3% would accept such a solution; more than three-quarters of
Palestinians - 77.4% - reject Jerusalem serving as the capital of Israel and
a future Palestinian state, whereas only 20.8% accept this proposal;
Palestinians support PA refusal to negotiate with Israel until it stops
Jewish construction in West Bank and eastern Jerusalem by 78.6% to 19% and
rejects further negotiations if Jewish construction continues by an
overwhelming 83% to 14.3% (An-Najah National University Public Opinion Poll,
8-10 April 2010).

Full story can be found here:
http://zoa.org/2014/09/10257631-new-poll-60-pal-arabs-reject-accepting-existence-of-israel/

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the country and in Israel, the ZOA educates the public, elected officials,
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